Gary Brent

Gary Bazil Brent (born 13 January 1976) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer.

Gary Brent
Personal information
Full name
Gary Bazil Brent
Born (1976-01-13) 13 January 1976
Sinoia, Rhodesia
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleAll rounder
RelationsJonathan Brent (uncle)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 42)18 November 1999 v Sri Lanka
Last Test27 December 2001 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 46)30 October 1996 v Pakistan
Last ODI2 February 2008 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994/95–1998/99Mashonaland
1999/00–2004/05Manicaland
2006/07Southerns
2007/08Northerns
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 70 61 129
Runs scored 35 408 2,066 934
Batting average 5.83 12.00 26.15 14.82
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 2/8 0/3
Top score 25 59* 130 64
Balls bowled 818 3,390 10,157 5,823
Wickets 7 75 186 135
Bowling average 44.85 37.01 25.27 34.09
5 wickets in innings 0 0 7 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/21 4/22 6/46 4/22
Catches/stumpings 1/– 20/– 30/– 33/–
Source: CricketArchive (subscription required), 27 September 2008

Brent is an inswinging bowler, with a good slow-arm bowling technique. Having missed the cut for the 2003 Cricket World Cup, he made the squad for the 2003/04 tour in Australia. Brent was one of the fifteen "rebel" players who were dismissed in 2004 due to a dispute with the Zimbabwean Cricket Board.

Brent was a surprise call-up during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, replacing the injured Terrence Duffin. He played just the one match, but proved useful, taking 1/28 from seven overs, and adding ten with the bat as part of the Zimbabwean total of 130.

In the first ODI against South Africa, Brent equaled his top score with a defiant 59 after his team was reduced to 72–7. He won the man of the match award, after a good bowling performance as well.

Brent was also selected for the tour to Bangladesh, starting in late November 2007.

Having spent two seasons as a cricket professional at Rugby School in Warwickshire, Brent returned to his native Zimbabwe in September 2010 to take up a coaching job for one of the country's regional youth sides.

Brent is now coaching cricket at the York Cricket Academy in York. In March 2022, he was named head coach of the Zimbabwe women's team.[1][2]

References
  1. "Gary Brent named Zimbabwe head coach". Women's Criczone. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. "New: Gary Brent elated with new Lady Chevrons role". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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